Myanmar

Burma ranks among the world’s top countries most at risk from the combined effects of climate change, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank that joins together various studies to shed a new and ominous light on the vulnerability of the underdeveloped Southeast Asian state.

Representatives from the three countries recently gathered to design a regional program framework for biodiversity management, livelihoods development, and climate change adaptation of the Brahmaputra-Salween Landscape.

AsianScientist – Representatives from China, India and Myanmar gathered in Myanmar from December 21 to 23 last year to plan the transboundary management of the Brahmaputra-Salween Landscape, a biologically rich ecosystem shared by the three countries.